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Undergraduate Programs
Special Education offers undergraduate special education majors
on the Bachelor of Science in Education degree, Provisional Elementary or Secondary Certification with Emotional or Cognitive Impairment Endorsement, grades K-12. There are two focus areas
offered through our program:
A program is also offered for teachers
holding general elementary or secondary certification to become
approved in the area of emotional impairment or cognitive impairment.
All programs are subject to changes
in state certification rules and students should contact an
adviser before pre-registration each semester.
A student who plans to major in special
education should contact the EHS
Center for Student Services office, 203 Ronan Hall (989-774-3308),
as soon as possible to initiate the Admission to Teacher Education
process. Students must fulfill all requirements for certification
in general elementary or secondary education. The endorsements
in cognitive impairment and emotional impairment, both K-12,
require either an elementary or secondary education general
education certificate (see B.S. in Education, Special Education
Emphasis). Students completing a special education endorsement
will be eligible to teach special education students in grades
Kindergarten through twelve (or age 26).
Before a major is signed the student
must have earned a grade of C or higher in SPE 126, Introduction to Special Education.
Students will be required to complete two
student teaching assignments, one in Special Education during
one semester and one in General Education during another semester.
Application
for student teaching must be made through the office of
the Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development
by the established deadline in advance of each placement,
with approval recommended by Special Education prior to placement.
Fall student teaching applications are due the preceding spring
semester, and spring student teaching application are due
the preceding fall semester, by the established deadline.
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